2 men arrested over disturbance at Tokyo school; 5 teachers injured

A bad crime, what was their motive?

Their motive? They were called in by a parent who was there for a consultation but wasn't man enough to argue with the teachers by himself. I imagine he's being/been arrested too.

They said a parent who was at the school for a consultation had called the two suspects to the premises.

The parent was the mother of a girl in the second grade who wasn't getting a response from the teachers she met with. No excuse for the violence, but I'd be curious to know what the original problem was.

I'd be curious to know what the original problem was.

Whatever the problem was is none of our business (and is irrelevant). That's between the school and the family.

It's not at all irrelevant. If the little girl was getting bullied and the school was refusing to do anything about it, it's understandable that the mother might have been miffed. That doesn't excuse the violence, but it's not irrelevant.

Whatever the problem was is none of our business (and is irrelevant)

Who asked you to speak in our names? Why don't you just put your head back in the sand?

I keep hearing complaints about schools and teachers in Japan frequently.

Schools and teachers keep ignoring serious abuse, bullying and other crimes in Japan regularly and they are rarely disciplined for their negligence and arrogant attitude.

So I am very much curious what has happened?

The parent was the mother of a girl in the second grade who wasn't getting a response from the teachers she met with.

Thanks for the clarification. Always a mistake to make assumptions but seems like a dodgy family.

IMadeAnAccountJustForThisToday  05:50 pm JST

I'd be curious to know what the original problem was.

Whatever the problem was is none of our business (and is irrelevant). That's between the school and the family.

The moment she called those guys and they assaulted people, it stopped being a private matter and became a crime thus is open to the public.

The TV NEWS is reporting that a mother wasn’t happy with one of the teachers and called her friends about the situation. The two guys went to the school and beat up the teacher in front of the students. Then the two guys tried to escape but got caught in the teachers lounge, where the police arrested them.

This country has a lot of problems with adults abusing minors,so no surprised of the news.

Just glad they could catch them before anything more bad would have happened.

What a terribly queer affair. Those men sound like right thugs, you can’t solve things by behaving like this and in front of children too. Long prison sentences are required and possibly the men banned from being near schools for life.

Regardless of what the initial consultation was, violence is never the answer and now all the young students who witnessed this are probably traumatized. I hope the mother is also punished.

No privacy for poor children I see. Also a lot of judgement going on as well.

I look forward to eventual lynch mob's arrival

The parent was the mother of a girl

Media not reporting that last bit.

This country has a lot of problems with adults abusing minors,so no surprised of the news.

Is that so? Heads up: the suspects attacked the teachers.

Then the two guys tried to escape but got caught in the teachers lounge,

No, the suspects were induced to go downstairs to the teachers' room, not lounge...

Whatever the problem was

The problem was the child has been bullied.

This country has a lot of problems with adults abusing minors,so no surprised of the news.

Just glad they could catch them before anything more bad would have happened.

You need to read the article and this post above:

The TV NEWS is reporting that a mother wasn’t happy with one of the teachers and called her friends about the situation. The two guys went to the school and beat up the teacher in front of the students. Then the two guys tried to escape but got caught in the teachers lounge, where the police arrested them.